Fernando Forestieri hopes his injury woes are finally behind him heading into the final four months of the 2018/19 season.

The skilful forward, a £3m recruit from Watford in August 2015, has endured two lengthy spells on the sidelines this term.

Fernando Forestieri is relieved to be back playing again after recovering from a hamstring injury

Forestieri sat-out five matches after picking up a hamstring problem against Bristol City last October.

He returned to action in November but suffered a fresh injury setback in Wednesday's away defeat to Blackburn Rovers at the start of December. Forestieri, a half-time substitute at Ewood Park, hobbled off in the closing stages of the Championship fixture because of a torn hamstring. The knock ruled the Argentine-born forward out of the Owls' entire festive schedule.

After several weeks of rehabilitation, Forestieri made his Wednesday comeback in Sunday's FA Cup defeat against Chelsea. He was a second half substitute in their 3-0 defeat at Stamford Bridge.

Premier League Chelsea proved too strong for Wednesday in the fourth round of the world's oldest cup competition, cruising to a 3-0 success after a Willian double and a superb individual goal from Callum Hudson-Odoi.

"It was very difficult against Chelsea as we didn't have a lot of the ball but the boys tried their best," said Forestieri. "We did very well in the first half.

"But we need to improve a lot because you can see the difference between the Premier League and the Championship."

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